Wealth from Waste final report launched

16 November 2017

The Wealth from Waste cluster has launched the report ‘Australian Opportunities in a Circular Economy for Metals: Findings of the Wealth from Waste Cluster’. This report draws together the key findings from the five universities, highlighting the significant local and global opportunities for a circular economy for metals in Australia. The research highlights the key resource data, technological innovations, novel business models, and policy change needed to help overcome the barriers to a future circular economy and charts a pathway forward for industry, government and researchers. The report was launched at the Powering the change to a circular economy conference in Adelaide on November 16 and is now available to download here.

“Recovery of metals is at the heart of international considerations about waste and it is important that Australia is not left behind. It will be technology and business models that underpin accessing the value in waste material and we need to be part of that." - Ass Prof. Damien Giurco (Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS).